Jewish Easter

[Kruger]

Does anybody know when Jewish Easter is this year ? Thank you very much.

[kiwi_2005]

Pesach (passover) is when the Jews celebrate easter i know this from my sons mother side, runs from the 15 - 22 march/april:hmm:

Although i could be wrong. Avon will correct this if so.

[The Avon Lady]

Originally Posted by kiwi_2005

Pesach (passover) is when the Jews celebrate easter i know this from my sons mother side, runs from the 15 - 22 march/april:hmm:

Although i could be wrong. Avon will correct this if so.

Jews don't celebrate Easter. Period.

The English and German names, "Easter" and "Ostern", are not etymologically derived from Pesach and according to the 8th century Christian monk and historian Bede are instead related to ancient name for the Saxon goddess, Eostre, who was celebrated during Eosturmonath, equivalent to April/Aprilis [1] [1] Bede wrote in Latin:

"Eosturmonath, qui nunc paschalis mensis interpretatur, quondam a dea illorum quae Eostre vocabatur et cui in illo festa celebrabant nomen habuit."

Translated: "Eosturmonath, which is now interpreted as the paschal month, was formerly named after the goddess Eostre, and has given its name to the festival."

Paganism. Fech!

Passover, on the other hand, begins on the 15th of Nissan (no, not the auto manufacturer!), which this year falls out at sundown Monday April 2.

[bradclark1]

And here I thought it was all about the easter bunny and easter eggs.

[Letum]

Do Jews use the standard calender?
IIRC the standard calender got moved around in the 16th Century so that all dates since then are at least 2 weeks away from what they where before and dates in certain months are all a year out due to the change of the new year date around the same time.

[The Avon Lady]

Originally Posted by Letum

Do Jews use the standard calender?
IIRC the standard calender got moved around in the 16th Century so that all dates since then are at least 2 weeks away from what they where before and dates in certain months are all a year out due to the change of the new year date around the same time.

Jewish calendar.

[Letum]

Originally Posted by The Avon Lady

Jewish calendar.

Thanks!


eii!...."Jewish year is not the same length as a solar year" that's confusing!

Why do they have leap years if the Jewish year is not the same length as a solar year anyway? :hmm:


*edit*

Originally Posted by kiwi_2005

Not all christian faiths celebrate Easter either, Jehovah Witnesses, don't celebrate Christmas, Easter, New Yrs, Fathers & Mothers day and birthdays.

just for the fun of pedantism:
No Christian Churches celebrate Fathers & Mothers day technically. I don't know about the roots of Father's Day, but we didn't have it when I was young and Mothers day is a derivative of Mothering Sunday which is originally about returning to your "mother Church" and nothing to do with your biological mother. (IIRC, I am no Christian myself)

[kiwi_2005]

Originally Posted by The Avon Lady

The English and German names, "Easter" and "Ostern", are not etymologically derived from Pesach and according to the 8th century Christian monk and historian Bede are instead related to ancient name for the Saxon goddess, Eostre, who was celebrated during Eosturmonath, equivalent to April/Aprilis [1] [1] Bede wrote in Latin:

"Eosturmonath, qui nunc paschalis mensis interpretatur, quondam a dea illorum quae Eostre vocabatur et cui in illo festa celebrabant nomen habuit."

Translated: "Eosturmonath, which is now interpreted as the paschal month, was formerly named after the goddess Eostre, and has given its name to the festival."
Paganism. Fech!

Not all christain faiths celebrate easter either, Jehovah Witnesses, dont celebrate Christmas, Easter, New Yrs, Fathers & Mothers day and birthdays.

[The Avon Lady]

Originally Posted by kiwi_2005

It's always been so tempting to plant one of those on my car's dashboard just for the fun of it. :p

Not all christain faiths celebrate easter either, Jehovah Witnesses, dont celebrate Christmas, Easter, New Yrs, Fathers & Mothers day and birthdays.

Every day is Mother's Day.

Why do they have leap years if the Jewish year is not the same length as a solar year anyway?

To retain a syncronization between solar years and lunar years so that the 4 season fall into a flexible position within the Jewish calendar. So that Passover falls at winter end/spring start, Shavuot (Pentacost) falls out late spring and Succot (Tabernacles) falls out summer end/fall start. The lunar year is shorter than the solar year.

[d@rk51d3]

Originally Posted by kiwi_2005

Not all christain faiths celebrate easter either, Jehovah Witnesses, dont celebrate Christmas, Easter, New Yrs, Fathers & Mothers day and birthdays.

Actually, they do celebrate Easter. Just, not with bunnys and eggs and all that other unrelated crap. It's celebrated on Nisan 14 / 15 of the Jewish calendar in accordance with the command to "keep doing this in remembrance of me".